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High Desert Play Development was founded in 2005 as an extension of NMSU Theatre Arts' Page to Stage Program.
 High Desert is a bi-annual program that
solicits new plays from 15-20 emerging playwrights. Two scripts are selected to participate in a week-long developmental reading program in which
the playwright, a director, a dramaturge and actors prepare the script for a public staged reading.
Following the reading series, one of the
two scripts is selected for a fully-mounted production 3-4 months later. The playwright is in residence for one or two weeks of the rehearsal or performance process.
What is unique about our program is that we are here entirely to serve the playwright. As
such, we do not require submission fees; we do not claim ownership or a future in the play; we offer feedback to the playwright only when requested; and we allow the playwright to
classify the play as either a workshop production or as a world premiere as they see fit.
Our inaugural season (2006-2007) included Penny Penniston's Spin and John Walch's The
Nature of Mutation. The Nature of Mutation was fully-produced by New Mexico State University Theatre Arts in March, 2007. In 2008, we staged a reading of Lydia Stryk’s On
Clarion and Matt Casarino’s Pixie. Pixie was chosen for full production in 2009. In Spring 2010, we produced a reading of Balls, by Jonathan Yukich, and produced Carol Carpenter’s Good Lonely People in Fall 2011..
Although we do not accept unsolicited scripts, if you are a playwright and are interested in being considered for our program, please contact us.
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